MARIO RADICE - Biography
ROOT, MARIO. - ITALIAN PAINTER (COMO 1898 - IVI 1987). IN COMO, WHERE HE TRAINED AS A SELF-TAUGHT, HE WAS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH M. RHO AND G. TERRAGNI WITH WHOM SHARED HIS RESEARCH ORIENTED WITHIN A FIELD OF STRICT GEOMETRIC-CONSTRUCTIVIST ABSTRACTION (PORTRAIT SECRET, 1936, TORINO GALLERIA, GALLERY MODERN). BETWEEN THE FOUNDERS, WITH M. BONTEMPELLI, OF THE GROUP AND OF THE QUADRANTE MAGAZINE (1932-36), IN 1934 SIGNED THE FIRST ABSTRACT POETIC MANIFESTO WITH O. LICINI, M. FONTANA AND F. MELOTTI. FIRST IN ITALY TO PERFORM ABSTRACT WALL DECORATIONS (CASA DEL FASCIO BY G. TERRAGNI, 1934-36; FONTANA DELLA CAMERLATA DESIGNED IN 1936 AND BUILT IN 1960, BOTH IN COMO), IN 1938 IT JOINED THE PRIMORDIAL VALUES GROUP, SIGNING THE MANIFESTO OF THE PRIMORDIAL FUTURISTI SANT'ELIA GROUP. AFTER THE WAR, HIS WORKS, WHICH ARE CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED IN THE NON-FIGURATIVE AREA, APPEAR TO BE CHARACTERIZED BY GREATER DYNAMISM AND MORE BRIGHT CHROMATIC VALUES (MOSAICS, VILLA BINI, COMO, 1952-53; COMPOSITION GRA, 1955, GALLERIA, DIAMOND 'MODERN ART).
